Happy 50th, go buy your Marriott

[Bill4728 Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Bill4728]

My DW has said she wants me to buy that marriott TS that I always said I wanted for my 50th birthday.

So now I'm under the gun. I have to figure out what Marriott to buy. The problem is I'd like to buy a less expensive Marriott like Desert Springs and get the lock off features (maybe a white season). Or maybe even a cheap Orlando but she thinks we should buy where we want to go most which is NCV.

So, as you can probalby guess, that means we will end up buying at NCV (I always do what my DW wants).

What is the best I can hope to pay for a NCV Gold? $12K, $15K?

{{edited to add:: B- Day isn't until next week but thanks for all the good wishes}}
TIA

[riverdees05 Platinum Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close riverdees05]

What a great wife you have.

Eric

[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

Bill.....happy 50th, that sure is a nice present.....

There is a platinum on ebay right now for $18,000. Based on that, I would try to pay less than 15,000 for a gold.

[littlestar Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close littlestar]

Happy shopping and happy birthday, Bill.

[mshatty Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close mshatty]

Green with envy!

[Glitter Brunello Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Glitter Brunello]

Cooool Bday present!!

[Bill4728 Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Bill4728]

Well I've been doing some research for the last couple of hours and the best price I could find is someones asking $13K for NCV -gold. I think I offer $12K. What is the worst that can happen?

[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

Bill....offer them 12K. Perhaps they will make a counter offer. Usually, people will take less then their asking price.

Remember, there will always be more coming on the market, if you're not in a hurry.

Good Luck.....

[camachinist Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close camachinist]

If you're looking at DSV, keep an eye out for a MDS Blue week to go along with a white week. Blue weeks are pretty cheap, and there's no ROFR on MDS, besides having free access to the JWM. Additionally, the blue week would work with NCV platinum and a white week would work with some weeks of NCV gold season for the 13 month rule.

I would expect ROFR to be getting above 10K now on the gold weeks at NCV. I'll bet Seth Nock could tell you definitively what the market would bear. IMO, if you can get a gold week for 12K and/or 18K for platinum at NCV, I'd go for it.

Pat

[4ARedOctober Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close 4ARedOctober]

I heard there is another strategy of buying as cheap as you can resale and then using the unit to equity trade-up in a developer purchase such as MOC's new tower....someone I know actually made it work for them and they got several thousand above what they had paid for their unit....I don't know if this will work with the ROFR or not.

All I hear are complaints about getting the reservations one wants at NCV and in Palm Springs with a Float......

Happy Birthday.

[camachinist Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close camachinist]

Given the probability of MVCI taking their exchange system private, the likelihood of a substantial change in trade-up opportunities through II seems inevitable, as units won't be as available there as before, especially high-quality units.

IMO, the next 3 years or so at NCV shouldn't be a major issue, as more units come online and available for sale. As cheap money ends and real estate prices moderate, I believe timeshare sales at the price-point NCV sells at will slow. I saw evidence of that this year, as a prime July week was not an issue to obtain at 12 months, without the usual custom of early rising and phone and computer at the ready. Marked difference from the past couple years. I would surmise availability for the 13 month owners was even more bountiful.

After a number of years of useage/exchanging/renting, I know believe, for us, the belated advice I received on TUG was sound, as were my instincts, in that one should buy where they enjoy traveling to and can easily reach.

Pat

[urple2 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close urple2]

Bill: Have a great Birthday and good luck in finding your Marriott Timeshare gift !



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Bill

[Faust Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Faust]

Happy Birthday, Bill
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[Bill4728 Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Bill4728]

Thanks for the B day wishes but it's next week.

My DW is just getting a jump on things. She not only want to buy me a TS as my gift but she wants me to buy it. Therefore I was told a week early to buy it.